#RENARTWLK DAY 9

(There was no day 8 update because there was very little change during day 8.)

Chris Shim, who paints using the name Royal Dog, has begun a second mural, this one on the back of the Horton Building that Sean Yallaly is renovating. On Thursday afternoon he outlined the drawing and now will begin to fill it.

The angry birds mural is coming along. The artist has spent a lot of time on it. It looks best in the morning light.

There were additions to local alley art.

The practice wall has been contained. I doubt that this will be the final result.

Eavesdropping on a conversation, I learned that two more murals are planned for this round of #RENARTWLK.

As I write this, the gofundme campaign for the murals is $50 away from its goal. Main Street Rensselaer has initiated a more ambitious fundraising project of sponsorships. For more, see here.

Brookside Park had an overnight camping experience for kids on Wednesday night. The kids were in bed by 11:00, asleep by midnight, and awake before 6:00 am. I was told that the parents dropping off the kids were more excited about the camping than the kids.

This is one of many summer programs in the park for children.

Saint Joseph's College has announced that it is designing courses that should be ready this fall "offering certifications for Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA), Clinical Medical Assistants (CMA), along with electrocardiogram (EKG) and phlebotomy certificates."

The City plans to put new asphalt in the alley. I have suggested that bricking it would be better but there is no chance my suggestion will be acted on. But even better than that would be tessellating pavers, examples shown here.  If there were ever a design competition, I would enter the pattern of swimming birds below.

It is rather plain, but two of the swimming birds can be combined to create a flying bird, so something like what is below is possible.

And if the judges did not like this one, I have dozens of other designs that could be used for pavers.